Cantabria and Asturias: coast and mountains
Day by day
Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.
Day 1
- Bilbao AirportLeaving from
- ~1 h 10 driving · 94 km
LiérganesCantabria - ~35 min driving · 41 km
Santillana del MarCantabria - ~20 min driving · 17 km
ComillasCantabria Overnight in Comillas
Day 2
- ~40 min driving · 36 km
CarmonaCantabria - ~30 min driving · 28 km
Bárcena MayorCantabria - ~1 h 25 driving · 78 km
PotesCantabria Overnight in Potes
Day 3
Day 4
- ~1 h 05 driving · 81 kmCudilleroAsturias
- ~45 min driving · 64 kmOviedoReturning to
What you'll eat
Santillana del Mar
- Sobao pasiegoSweet
- Tableta con lecheSweetSimple sponge cake of eggs, flour, sugar and lemon peel
Comillas
- Fish and seafood soupsDish
Bárcena Mayor
- Game meatDish
Potes
- Quesucos de Liébana (ES)Cheese
- OrujoDrinkGrape brandy made from wine grown in the valley
- HoneyLocal produce
Tazones
- Villaviciosa cakeSweetDessert made with apples
Cudillero
- CuradilloDishSalted dogfish air-dried for about six months, then stewed
- Merluza del pinchoDishHake line-caught off the coast, cooked in several ways
- Pitu de caleya (ES)Dish
- FabadaDish
- Frixuelos (ES)Sweet
- Goose barnaclesLocal produce
Also typical of Cantabria
- Rabas (ES)Dish
- Typical of CantabriaSantoña anchoviesLocal produce
- Sobaos pasiegosSweet
- Quesada pasiegaSweet
- Picón Bejes-TresvisoCheese
Also typical of Asturias
- CabralesCheese
- CachopoDish
- GamonéuCheese
- Afuega'l pituCheese
- Typical of AsturiasCarbayonesSweet
Based on Wikipedia (Santillana del Mar, Comillas (Cantabria), Bárcena Mayor, Potes (EN), Potes (ES), Villaviciosa, Gastronomía de Cantabria, Cantabrian cuisine, Asturian cuisine, Gastronomía de Asturias), Wikivoyage (Villaviciosa, Cudillero) (CC BY-SA).
